A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Informationen zum Autor James Joyce was born on 2 February 1882 in Dublin. He studied modern languages at University College, Dublin. After graduating, Joyce moved to Paris for a brief period in 1902. In 1904 Joyce met Nora Barnacle, with whom he would spend the rest of his life and they moved to Europe and settled in Trieste where Joyce worked as a teacher. His first published work was a book of poems called Chamber Music (1907). This was followed by D ubliners (1914), A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) and the play Exiles (1918). In 1915 the First World War forced Joyce and Nora and their two children to move to Zürich. Joyce's most famous novel, Ulysses , was published in Paris in 1922. In the same year he started work on his last great book, Finnegan's Wake (1939). James Joyce died in Zürich on 13 January 1941. Klappentext WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY DR DIETER FUCHS AND JOSEPH O'CONNORAgainst the backdrop of nineteenth century Dublin, a boy becomes a man: his mind testing its powers, obsessions taking hold and loosening again, the bonds of family, tradition, nation and religion transforming from supports into shackles; Zusammenfassung WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY DR DIETER FUCHS AND JOSEPH O'CONNORAgainst the backdrop of nineteenth century Dublin, a boy becomes a man: his mind testing its powers, obsessions taking hold and loosening again, the bonds of family, tradition, nation and religion transforming from supports into shackles;

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: James Joyce
• Con la collaborazione di: Hans Walter Gabler (Editore), Hans Walter Gabler Gabler (Editore), Dieter Fuchs (Introduzione), Joseph O'Connor (Introduzione)
• Editore: Vintage UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 06.12.2012
• EAN: 9780099573159
• ISBN: 978-0-09-957315-9
• Pagine: 288
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Serie: Vintage Classics; Vintage Classics
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Biographical, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, Kildare, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Ireland, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Biographical fiction, c 1900 to c 1909, c 1890 to c 1899, FICTION / World Literature / Ireland / 20th Century